Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Rage 2 the stars and Stripe thursday May 24, 1945 ardennes Victory site i to old Carefree life again a Black Market flourishes in the town Ami there Are 20 collaborators awaiting trial. But As judge John dodger says there is Little crime and much love. Twenty five children have been born since the siege was i ted in Bastogne. The Exnar by Jimmy Cannon Mart and stripes staff writer Bastogne May 23�?one of the mob Way to Bastogne was a a main Supply route. Black the Trees Teh you shoulders have been of mines and to keep a 60-Yard interval in Convoy. But today you ride 40 Miles without seeing a Soldier or an figgs a a grass grows in the Shell Crater and Fox holes along the Road. Ger a Aan shells Are a tacked in the Woods i a a by Between two farm buildings a hell punctured tank lies in impotent from a Hillock where oops Kneel in the Sun three Hight tanks Point their useless at the Trees the frames of three gliders he in a Daisy sprinkled Meadow like the skinned carcasses of immense  a c47 Hes in rusted disorder in a sunny Glade. Only the Hawks patrol the tides today. Am this happened during the breakthrough and there was Snow on All of it there were dead my in these tanks and the living thought the War would never end. Kow it s Spring and the dust will devour the tanks if they give it time enough. Guys who fought Here in the Snow have enough Points to go Home. But the dead did t get very far. Most of them arc Down the Road on a Hill outside i m a a tee of Bastogne Are outnumbered. Some of the outfits stationed Here stand reveille and the 360th my battalion wears White painted leggings web belts and helmet liners but pvt. Carl de Angelie of Brooklyn said he likes Bastogne because the girls Are a right and Une i billboard Cannes  gone. With Springs arrival the. From one of bleakness to one of frivolity.  say that it will be years before normality returns to the place. Ridges have increased since the townsmen have returned from Caj it there Are five thousand German dead and 2,500 americans. Ten contracting firms employing too men Are trying to rebuild another Bastogne on the ashes of the old. If they can get the material mayor Leon Jacqmin says it will take them three years to have Bastogne operating As a Normal Odd a Unity of 4,500, its present population. There is Little to eat but Mach to drink in this modern Pompei. Twenty cafes Are going in the town and getting a big play from the townspeople and the few soldiers stationed Here. Their sidewalk chars under Beach umbrellas give the town a grotesque frivolity. Rate is Normal. On the Rue de Vivier the stores Are open and some of them have Glass windows. A cattle auction was going in the Square and Many men life silk scarves made out of Pora chutes dropped to the 101st airborne div. During the time it was Cut off in and around the City. Some of the girls Wear blouses of Parachute silk with american and British flags for breast pockets. The people of Bastogne say they Are going to build a Monument to the 101st with the word a a nuts 1 on it that was the one word answer the then Brig. Gen. Anthony j. Mcauliffe sent Back to the German commander who asked for the surrender of american forces. Man can. Paratrooper Gettysburg the cafes help you pass the time. But five months after the Relief of Bastogne there is still some fighting in the town. Some of our troops hooked up last night with several local truck Drivers. It was something about a Dame. Pup tent poets. Sees the truth in Nice wine compares present War dear editor foot sore and bloody Yean ago four flashers sprung Forth upon this continent with a new order conceived in infamy and decadent in the supposition that All men Are to be dominated. We Are enraged at that great political sore detecting that nation and every nation so deceived and so populated. We shall not Detour. We Are set on the eradication of that sore. We have come to segregate a portion of it As a final festering place for those who gave their the stars Ano strips Nam Marlin edition printed at be Patriate building. 87 a de 1 Victoire. Nice for the . Armed forces under the auspices of the information and education division. Tousa editorial and circulation offices. Be Patriate building. 87 at de la Victoire. Editorial telephones 87w2 and 7943. Business office hotel Francia 9-tt Bird. Victor Hugo Telephone 83088. Circulation office. Marseille hotel de Provence m Cours Belzunce. Telephone 00406. Other sex editions Paris London and of Ungstad and Altdorf Germany. New York office 705 e. 42nd St Convente passed by the  army and nary censors. Entered As Leo Ond class matter mar. 15. 1943, at the poet office new York. N. J the act of mar. 8, Isis Vei. It lies that that order might Rise. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this but in a larger sense we cannot exterminate we cannot desecrate we cannot follow them Down. Those depraved men. Giving their Lead have desecrated it far beneath our sure Power to add an attack. It is for those living rather than to be segregated from the course remaining open to them that from this dishonoured dread they take new initiative and devote their efforts to the cause for which we gave our last full measure of int that that order under Sod might have no rebirth of Conquest and that All governments of Der fuehrer by Der fuehrer and for Der fuehrer shall quickly perish from the Earth. �?2nd it. Of Para inf. P. 8. Lincoln May not have said it like that but in a sure head say Mon to  tis funny what the sages say about the truth in wine remember How we drank each Glass and gave a Toast each time while we drank the quart away in Happy Riviera Bliss your laughter thundered and lightning showed me upon a precipice. A wac. D. D. Marseille shows arc theater 138 la Cane Biere for uniformed personnel Only. Five a bows Dally at iwo our intervals starting at 1830 thurs a Hollywood canteen with All Star cast. Port theater 58 Cours Belzunce. Daily movies at 1530. 1800 and 1030. Open to All Allied forces. Navy theater Provence 48 blvd. De la major. One show daily 1900. For . Navy personnel and guests. Clubs arc Cane Biere club 89 la Cane Biere. Arc times Square club at Cours Joseph Thierry snack bar from 1600 to 0108 hot showers Barber shop sewing mending. Pressing game rooms and Reading and writing facilities. Daily Tours. Off fears club officers club at in qua de rive native.  �,815 trip to chateau do of 1800 to 1800 instrumental Trio. Nice movie forum theater 45 promenade flee Langlais for armed forces Only shewing at 1400, 1830 and 2030. Admission tree.  again with Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer. American red Cross the american red Cross Casino club a amp Iris de la Mediterraneo promenade de9 Langlais. Snack 6ar 0900 to 2400 Dally. Apo open from 0900 to 1730 daily. Wrapping package service from 0990 daily. Lounge Reading and writing room opened daily. Coca cola in Bamboo room  music at snack bar at 1420 dance with partners provided at 2000 hours. Pressing service press while you wait for enlisted res tees. Douane bldg. Ave. Thiers. Night clubs enlisted menus night clubs open every evening from 2000 to 9400 for enlisted personnel and their guests smooth dance orchestras excellent floor shows and no cover charge. Raynaud Quai Des state Unis the Crown room hotel Ruhi. Pro me Nade Des Anulf is. La Plaza. Hotel phase it France. 19 Ajeou de Verdun. The dome room hotel Negre Soo promenade Des Langlais. The Dangleterre hotel Dangleterre Corner of a. Verdun and Jardyn Albert i. The copa Cabana 30 Roe de France. The Balalaika room hotel Queens. 15 Boulevard Victor Hugo. Hacienda club at Queen s hotel open nightly at 2000. The Verdun ave. Do Verdun near place Massena. Topside club hotel Hermitage. American red Orest american red Cross Malraison club for enlisted personnel located on la Croisette Donees every Friday night at 2200 hours. Partners provided snack Bor opened from Ioco to 9900 hours. American red Cross officers club located on the la Croisette. In Felt bar open from 1�,00 to 2900 Ping Pong and game room Tea dances every Sun at 1530 hours partners provided. A shews Olympia theater Rue do Antt Bea v  yours with Clatt Dette Colbert. Stage Shew censored i musical comedy presented by the 69th Hospital at the Casino municipal at 9100. Facilities swim trunks available at All hotels Tennis Tennis courts available at Carlton and Cannes Lawn Teonis club. Professional instructors nigh clubs the Normandie Rue Mace open every evening to officers and their guests from 2130 to 0200 floor show dancing and music club Miramar at hotel Miramar on blvd la Croisette. Dancing and entertainment 9200 and 0200. Midnight All Star floor show Lerina club located on la Croisette. Music and dancing nightly 9200 to 0200 dinner dancing every evening at hotels Carlton. Miram amp a and Martinez. Thursday 24 May ims 0000�?sign on 1730�?showtime 0601�?yawn patrol 1745�?serenade 0705�?yawn patrol 1755�?sports 0801�?victory diary 1805�?supper club 0915�?personal Al-1905�?fibber Mcgee bum 1936�? Mildred Bat 0830�?music Ley 0915�?gi Jive 9001�?music shop 0990�?waiu time 9015�? at ease 1001�?morning afters Oao Bing Crosby 1080�?french lesson�?~2115�?kay Kyser 1035�?strike band 9m6�?spoil. 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